I've added a new link to my blog's list of web sites: WebSphere Recommended Reading List . It's compiled by the department I work for, IBM Software Services for WebSphere (ISSW). We help customers be successful with WebSphere products, and we're frequestly...

An emerging trend in J2EE is a new feature called Service Data Objects. SDO is not part of J2EE yet, but is already in the latest versions of IBM's WebSphere Application Server ( WAS 6 ) and BEA's WebLogic. Those companies are leading JSR 235: Service Data...

As I've mentioned before , the department I work in publishes the WebSphere Recommended Reading List . As promised, it has been updated for 2005. You can also download the PDF . The updated list already includes resources for WAS 6, including a WebSphere...

The latest version of WebSphere Application Server , WAS 6, has a new feature called " Service Integration Bus " ( WAS benefits talks about "a new pure-Java JMS engine"). The SIB is implemented as a group of messaging engines running in application servers...

Billy Newport , one of the architects and developers of WebSphere Appication Server , has a blog: /dev/websphere . It's a really good resource that explains some of the more interesting new developments in the WAS products, as told by one of the guys who...

This month's issue of the IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal is now available. Here's some of what it features: Examining the EJB 3.0 Simplified API specification by Roland Barcia discusses the preliminary specs for implementing EJBs as annotated POJOs....

IBM has a new product, WebSphere Extended Deployment ( WebSphere XD ), that I've been meaning to talk about for a while now. It's a J2EE app server unlike any other on the market, and I think it really raises the bar on what we'll come to expect from an app...

In WebSphere Extended Deployment (XD) , one issue I didn't address is: Why is it called WebSphere XD? Why not WAS ND XD? I even said, "[WebSphere XD] is a J2EE app server unlike any other on the market..." Well, it's not exactly a J2EE app server. WebSphere XD...

WebSphere Central is a site run by Bill Hahn, an IBM employee that works in our Sales & Distribution organization . WebSphere Central contains links to lots of useful presentations, tutorials, and downloads that you can use for learning more about IBM...

I'm documenting tricks in RAD 6 . Something that's changed since WSAD 5 is how a message-driven bean (MDB) is mapped to its destination/endpoint. This is an issue with both RAD 6 and WAS 6, having to do with an improvement to MDBs in EJB 2.1/J2EE 1.4, which...

I'm documenting tricks in RAD 6 . In Part 1 , I explained how Activation Spec is replacing Listener Port for configuring MDBs, and gave some J2EE-spec-based guidance on which approach to use when. Here is some additional advice that is more specific to WAS 6....

An ongoing question is, "Where can I learn more about WebSphere products?" One place is the WebSphere Redbooks Domain . WebSphere Redbooks Domain helps you find the Redbooks that pertain to WebSphere products . IBM Redbooks is another effort by IBM, like...

Continuing the ongoing theme of " Where can I learn more about WebSphere products? ", I've updated this blog's list of handy web sites. These are sites where you can learn more about WebSphere products. The blog's list of recommended sites is listed in the...

Along with my work in RAD 6.0 , I'm doing more work in WAS 6. As I learn how to do little tricks in WAS 6, I'll try to document them here. But first, it occurs to me I should explain what WAS 6 is. WAS 6, officially WebSphere Application Server version 6.0, is...

I'm documenting tricks in RAD 6 and WAS 6 . Let me clarify the relationship between the two. RAD is a development environment (an IDE ) from Rational for developing J2EE applications. WAS, from WebSphere , is an implementation of the app server part of the...